Man charged in San Gabriel Mission blaze that destroyed rooftop of historic church
San Gabriel, California, USRNS A man has been charged in connection with a fire last July that destroyed the rooftop of a church at the historic San Gabriel Mission, the fourth in a series of missions across California that Catholic priest Junipero Serra founded during the Spanish colonisation era. John David Corey, 57, faces two […]
Essay: Ancient Christian thinkers made a case for reparations that has striking relevance today
DAVID LINCICUM, associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame in the US, looks, in an article first published on The Conversation, at what ancient Christian scholars said about the idea of reparations for those held in slavery…
Postcards: As India’s COVID-19 deaths rise, grief goes online
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, with funeral access restricted in India, the bereaved are going online to mourn…
Almost 5,000 children separated in Tigray conflict – aid group
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has separated nearly 5,000 children from their parents, Save the Children said on Tuesday. Many children now live in crowded conditions, often sleeping in rooms with dozens of unrelated adults, leaving them vulnerable to abuse, Save the Children said. A bus carrying displaced people arrives at the Tsehaye […]
Biden raises refugee ceiling, and faith-based groups brace for rebuilding work
Washington, USRNS Faith-based refugee resettlement groups are celebrating President Joe Biden’s decision to raise the number of refugees allowed into the US for the remainder of the federal fiscal year to 62,500, even as they acknowledge that they need to rebuild their capacity after years of cuts under the previous administration. The announcement from the […]